diff --git a/docker-compose.ci.yml b/docker-compose.ci.yml
index 2efd5bd94..cbe171039 100644
--- a/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "photoprism"
       PHOTOPRISM_TEST_DRIVER: "sqlite"
       PHOTOPRISM_TEST_DSN: ".test.db"
-      PHOTOPRISM_TEST_DSN_MYSQL8: "root:photoprism@tcp(mysql:4001)/photoprism?charset=utf8mb4,utf8&collation=utf8mb4_unicode_ci&parseTime=true"
+      # PHOTOPRISM_TEST_DSN_MYSQL8: "root:photoprism@tcp(mysql:4001)/photoprism?charset=utf8mb4,utf8&collation=utf8mb4_unicode_ci&parseTime=true"
       PHOTOPRISM_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "photoprism" # The initial admin password (min 4 characters)
       PHOTOPRISM_ASSETS_PATH: "/go/src/github.com/photoprism/photoprism/assets"
       PHOTOPRISM_STORAGE_PATH: "/go/src/github.com/photoprism/photoprism/storage"
diff --git a/docker-compose.mariadb.yml b/docker-compose.mariadb.yml
index 974de485b..3969db39f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.mariadb.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.mariadb.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,21 @@ services:
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: photoprism
       MYSQL_DATABASE: photoprism
 
+  ## MySQL 8 Database Server
+  ## Docs: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/
+  mysql:
+    image: mysql:8
+    command: mysqld --port=4001 --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --max-connections=512 --innodb-rollback-on-timeout=OFF --innodb-lock-wait-timeout=120
+    expose:
+      - "4001" # Database port (internal)
+    volumes:
+      - "./scripts/sql/mariadb-init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sql"
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: photoprism
+      MYSQL_USER: photoprism
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: photoprism
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: photoprism
+
 ## Join shared "photoprism-develop" network
 networks:
   default:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f54ce912a..c46e5b22b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "photoprism"
       PHOTOPRISM_TEST_DRIVER: "sqlite"
       PHOTOPRISM_TEST_DSN: ".test.db"
-      PHOTOPRISM_TEST_DSN_MYSQL8: "root:photoprism@tcp(mysql:4001)/photoprism?charset=utf8mb4,utf8&collation=utf8mb4_unicode_ci&parseTime=true"
+      # PHOTOPRISM_TEST_DSN_MYSQL8: "root:photoprism@tcp(mysql:4001)/photoprism?charset=utf8mb4,utf8&collation=utf8mb4_unicode_ci&parseTime=true"
       PHOTOPRISM_ASSETS_PATH: "/go/src/github.com/photoprism/photoprism/assets"
       PHOTOPRISM_STORAGE_PATH: "/go/src/github.com/photoprism/photoprism/storage"
       PHOTOPRISM_ORIGINALS_PATH: "/go/src/github.com/photoprism/photoprism/storage/originals"
@@ -136,21 +136,6 @@ services:
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: photoprism
       MYSQL_DATABASE: photoprism
 
-  ## MySQL Database Server
-  ## Docs: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/
-  mysql:
-    image: mysql:8
-    command: mysqld --port=4001 --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --max-connections=512 --innodb-rollback-on-timeout=OFF --innodb-lock-wait-timeout=120
-    expose:
-      - "4001" # Database port (internal)
-    volumes:
-      - "./scripts/sql/mariadb-init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sql"
-    environment:
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: photoprism
-      MYSQL_USER: photoprism
-      MYSQL_PASSWORD: photoprism
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: photoprism
-
   ## Keycloak OpenID Connect Provider
   ## Test User: user / photoprism
   ## Test Admin: admin / photoprism
diff --git a/internal/entity/db_mysql8_test.go b/internal/entity/db_mysql8_test.go
index 49a342316..14ab13a97 100644
--- a/internal/entity/db_mysql8_test.go
+++ b/internal/entity/db_mysql8_test.go
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestMySQL8(t *testing.T) {
-	dbDriver := MySQL
 	dbDsn := os.Getenv("PHOTOPRISM_TEST_DSN_MYSQL8")
 
+	if dbDsn == "" {
+		t.Skip("skipping MySQL 8 test: PHOTOPRISM_TEST_DSN_MYSQL8 is not set")
+	}
+
+	dbDriver := MySQL
 	db, err := gorm.Open(dbDriver, dbDsn)
 
 	if err != nil || db == nil {